Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. destruction    


B. personality              


C. admission   


D. bamboo
Câu 2:


A. spirit             


B. arrive          


C. water          


D. football

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. snow             


B. know          


C. town           


D. slow
Câu 2:


A. tasks             


B. pens            


C. steps           


D. gifts

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study.


A. lost control of  


B. got in touch with   


C. put in charge of   


D. made room for
Câu 2: His career advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion until he was 40, when he won the position of the company’s Chief Executive.


A. elevation                         


B. rise                                  


C. progress                          


D. decrease

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: By the end of the 21st century, scientists are discovering the cure for the common cold.


A. the end of    


B. 21st century 


C. are discovering    


D. for
Câu 2: The shopkeeper wanted the boys don’t lean their bicycles against his windows.


A. shopkeeper             


B. don’t                       


C. their                        


D. against
Câu 3: Although her friends tried to persuade her to apply for the job at a local factory, but Christine refused to make an application.


A. Although                


B. tried to persuade     


C. to apply    


D. but

A.
B.
C.
D.

Task 6. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: I’m at a loss to how you are going to pass your subjects without studying. All you do is to play video games all day.


A. to try to understand    


B. to lose the game


C. to feel like a stranger      


D. to know a lot
Câu 2: Cholera is common in less developed countries due to poor water and sanitation conditions. It is estimated that 11 million cholera cases occur every year among children under five years of age.


A. rare                         


B. ordinary                  


C. general                    


D. normal

A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.
Câu 1:  I look forward to see you on Tuesday after work.


A. forward


B. to see


C. on


D. after work
Câu 2: They have been writing to each others since they were children.


A. have been writing


B. each others


C. since


D. were
Câu 3: Next time you are coming to my house, you must bring that book.


A. are coming


B. my house


C. must


D. bring
Câu 4: Don't worry . Give Anna my best wishings if you ever do get hold of her telephone number.


A. worry


B. wishings


C. hold of


D. telephone number
Câu 5: She gave me some very good advise when she told me to buy that car.


A. gave


B. advise


C. told


D. buy

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: Under the major's able leadership, the soldiers found safety.


A. guidance                     


B. intensity                       


C. flagship                       


D. ability
Câu 2: Adverts on Facebook seem to be more efficient than billboards or TV ads because of its enormous number of users.


A. disorganised                


B. successful                    


C. connected                    


D. updated
A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 1: One of the reasons why families break up is that parents are always critical of each other.


A. intolerant                     


B. supportive                   


C. tired                             


D. unaware
Câu 2: Urbanization has resulted in massive problems besides the benefits.


A. major                          


B. serious                        


C. a few 


D. minor

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Câu 1:


A. expand  


B. migrate                    


C. effect                      


D. double
Câu 2:


A. attitude        


B. dominant     


C. entertain      


D. Internet

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 1: The lake had ice on it this morning. It ________ very cold last night.


A. must have gotten


B. could have gotten


C. would have gotten


D. should have gotten
Câu 2: The world-famous physicist and ______ Stephen Hawking published on important paper before he died at the age of 76.


A. cosmologist


B. cosmologic


C. cosmonaut


D. cosmology
Câu 3: Because the waiter didn’t ______ what I ordered, he brought me a mutton steak instead of the chicken wings that I’d wanted.


A. call on


B. stay up


C. take down


D. check in
Câu 4: Italian TV has ______ a young composer to write an opera for the TV’s thirtieth anniversary.


A. appointed


B. ordered


C. consulted


D. commissioned
Câu 5: The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor and it was necessary to _____ performers’ voices.


A. increase


B. exaggerate


C. extend


D. amplify
Câu 6: Many students prefer ______ assessment as an alternative to exams.


A. continuing


B. continued


C. continual


D. continuous
Câu 7: British Leyland is aiming to push ______ its share of UK car sale to 25% over the next two years.


A. on


B. up


C. through


D. out
Câu 8: The press thought the sale manager would be depressed by his dismissal but he just ______.


A. turned it down


B. called it off


C. spoke it out


D. laughed it off
Câu 9: I know we had an argument, but I know I’d quite like to ______.


A. make up


B. look down


C. fall out


D. bring up
Câu 10: All of her sons joined the army when the war broke ______.


A. out


B. off


C. over


D. up
Câu 11: This is ______ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.


A. by chance


B. by myself


C. by far


D. by heart
Câu 12: The number of higher education ______ has risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.


A. applies


B. applications


C. applicable


D. applicants
Câu 13: ______ the film’s director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off the 85th Oscar’s Best Director list of nominees surprised everyone.


A. What


B. Due to


C. Although


D. That
Câu 14: I love this painting of an old man. He has such a beautiful ______ smile.


A. childlike


B. childish


C. childhood


D. childless
Câu 15: You______ Tom yesterday. He’s been on business for a week now.


A. mustn’t have seen


B. could not have seen


C. may have not seen


D. can’t have seen
Câu 16: I must tell you about my______ when I first arrived in London.


A. incidents


B. happenings


C. experiences


D. events
Câu 17: The local people were not very friendly towards us, in fact there was a distinctly ______ atmosphere.


A. hostile


B. offensive


C. rude


D. abrupt
Câu 18: I____ to see Chris on my way home.


A. dropped back


B. dropped in


C. dropped out


D. dropped off
Câu 19: The world work is developing very quickly. If you don’t self-learn continuously, we will not_____social movements.


A. put up with


B. keep up with


C. get on with


D. deal with
Câu 20: The jury_____her compliments______her excellent knowledge of the subject.


A. returned/ to


B. paid/ to


C. returned/ on


D. paid / on
Câu 21: I _____ the garden. No sooner had I finished watering it than it came down in torrents.


A. shouldn’t have watered


B. mustn’t have watered


C. can’t have watered


D. needn’t have watered
Câu 22: A true relationship is thought to be a friendship that may _____ through changes in the lives of the friends.


A. entail


B. remain


C. endure


D. continue
Câu 23: I’m not going to go ice skating! I’d only fall over and _____ a fool of myself.


A. create


B. show


C. do


D. make
Câu 24: Silence _____ the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and excitement.


A. fell in with


B. came between


C. hung over


D. dropped out of
Câu 25: The trouble with James is that he never _____ on time for a meeting.


A. turns up


B. takes off


C. takes up


D. turns down
Câu 26: The employer suffered from depression _________ by overwork and ill-health.


A. brought on


B. taken up


C. come about


D. put through
Câu 27: Tom painted his room black. It looks dark and deary. He _________ a different color.


A. should choose


B. must have chosen


C. should have chosen


D. has to choose
Câu 28: Steve______his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question.


A. threw away


B. threw in


C. threw off


D. threw out
Câu 29: After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their ______ down for a while.


A. hearts


B. hair


C. souls


D. heads
Câu 30: The judge ______ murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.


A. prosecuted


B. sentenced


C. convicted


D. accused
Câu 31: When my children _____ their toys, I donated them to a charity.


A. outnumbered


B. outworn


C. outlasted


D. outgrew
Câu 32: Alice said: “That guy is______ gorgeous. I wish he would ask rne out.”


A. dead-centre


B. drop shot


C. jumped-up


D. drop-dead
Câu 33: John was deported on account of his expired visa. He ______ it renewed.


A. must have had


B. should have had


C. can have had


D. might have had
Câu 34: The villagers are not sure how they are going to get ______ another hard and cold winter.


A. by


B. on


C. round


D. through

A.
B.
C.
D.